Re: Things may be better for Countrylink Trains

[dave60@dingoblue.net.au (Jack)]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:45:21 +1100, "Dave Proctor"
<daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>"Jack" <dave60@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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>> >3/ The reliability of the Paxman pommie piece of trash is more than
>> >questionable and has been since day one.
>>
>> It has how so?.....  they are the most utuilised engine in the rail
>> industry bar none... they ahve done a pretty good job over the years
>> for the attention they get
>
>Not addressing specifically Countrylink's Valenta's here, but looking at the
>Valenta as a whole, considering they went into 185 Class 43 power cars on
>British Rail, and which are extremely heavily utilised, I would think that
>any failure rates of these engines are attributable not to the quality of
>the engine, but due to their extremely high usage.
>
>And considering that the Countrylink XPT fleet currently sets world's best
>practice regarding utilisation, any failures would be due to such high
>utilisation, not due to the maintenance (or perceived lack of it, or
>perceived quality) on the engines themselves.

Couldnt agree with ya more

>
>So, the engineering side of Countrylink seems to be right, perhaps we should
>start getting the passenger service staff to start treating the passengers
>like people instead of the dregs of the earth (oops, touched a tender topic
>here for Jack).

Nah not with me dave  :)


>
>Dave
 Cheers
Jack